Brendan Kennedy (born 1971 or 1972)[1] is an American businessman, CEO and a co-founder of Privateer Holdings, along with Michael Blue and Christian Groh, and the former CEO of Tilray.

Kennedy is the sixth of seven children of a San Francisco-based family.

[4][5][6] Kennedy previously worked at SVB Analytics, an affiliate of Silicon Valley Bank, as did Christian Groh.

[2][7] Kennedy founded Tilray in 2014, originally incorporated under Privateer Holdings and as one of Canada's first licensed producers.

[15] Tilray stock later collapsed and as of February 2021, Kennedy is worth $238 million.